I had a wonderful birthday weekend. Dad and Marsha took Matt and I to Longhorns where we bitched about the food, the service and the pathetic dessert. Brandon and Mallory joined us. We had our auditions in Athens Saturday, and it went very well. One judge told us we were the only act they saw that has "national talent." So funny.
Matt had to embarrass me by telling the panel of judges our whole life story and how we met. All I remember was him saying we met at a concert and the music "inspired us to love." I think he did it on purpose because he knows I hate that cheesy shit! But the judges ate it up.
Watching the videos on YouTube I realized I have no stage presence and Matt kept his eyes closed the entire time. But they liked us and if we get through we get to play at the Classic Center in Athens, which seats more than 2,000 people!! It would be good exposure I guess.
On Sept. 25 we'll be playing at 'Taste of Decatur' in Atlanta. We won't get paid but again it's good exposure and we'll get free food tickets! You can't beat that. Matt doesn't know it yet but I've signed us up to play at Common Ground Cafe, which is a cafe associated with a church in Cleveland. They'll pass around a tip jar and we can try to sell CDs.
He can consider it revenge for embarrassing me during our audition.
After the audition we got to hang out with our Athens friend and new home owner Tracy. We walked around in the sweltering heat, drank plenty of jager and watched Whiskey Gentry at the 40 Watt. Sunday was relaxing day, much needed.
Then Monday it was back to the grind. & stories to spit out and a zillion meetings. $32 million in bonds were issued to create a new business park and build a new school. Fun Fun. Now the paper is out, and I have to figure out what to write for next week.
I think that about sums it up. I'll try to be more insightful next week.
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